MEDITERRANEAN SAND SMELT. Atherina Hepsetus, Siouclet, Guid. COUCH, print 1862
'1. Boier's Atherine; 2. Atherine'. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Printed from original watercolours and drawings by Jonathan Couch, an eminent British naturalist who lived in the fishing village of Polperro, Cornwall. Engraved onto woodblocks by Alex Lydon. Plates printed in colour by Benjamin Fawcett, with final hand-colouring by local artists in Polperro. Provenance: "A History of the Fishes of the British Islands"; by Jonathan Couch, Published by George Bell & Sons, London. Type: Fine antique woodblock print on good quality paper. Printed in colour and finished by hand in Polperro, Cornwall. Smelt. Sand Smelt. In the West of Cornwall, Guid, which signifies white; Atherina, Atherina Presbyter, Atherina Hepsetus, Altherina Presbyter, Atherina Boieri
Size: 2642px × 1473px
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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